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GSAT-31

NORAD 44035· COSPAR 2019-007B· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 5, 2019 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31
GSAT-31
Indian Space Research Organisation · GODL-India · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:54 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
European Union (GSA)
Country
India
Manufacturer
OHB
Launched
Feb 5, 2019
Mass
2,536 kg
Apogee
35,810 km
Perigee
35,778 km
Inclination
0.03°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

GSAT-31 is a high-throughput telecommunication satellite developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GSAT-31 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.2 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35778 × 35810 km
357943581135778May 28Sep 9
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2019-007 (Ariane 5 ECA | Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31).

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